I searched for a Stephen King thread, but I couldn't find one, and I thought having a thread about his books is a great idea. I love Stephen King. I think he is a genius. Actually, Carrie is my favorite book of his, not to mention my favorite book of all time. I also like The Stand, It, and Firestarter a lot. Anybody else like Stephen King?

I own some Stephen King books, but I've never actually read any (which always seems to be the case with me at the moment. I have far too much to read)I really like the films that have been made based on his work though, which is why I want to read some of his work.

All I've read is "Four Past Midnight" and that was, sadly, just because of "Secret Window", which was, sadly, just because it was a movie with my beloved Johnny Depp as the star. (I did enjoy the stories though, particularly "The Langoliers.")

I own some Stephen King books, but I've never actually read any (which always seems to be the case with me at the moment. I have far too much to read)I really like the films that have been made based on his work though, which is why I want to read some of his work.

Yeah, I'd recommend that you do that. Stephen King is a very talented author, and his writing style is very unique. If you'd just open a page, you could see that clearly.

My favorite 'book of his that I've read is Misery. I tried to start reading some of his other books, but I got disinterested and all of them were postponed. So the only one I've acutally read through start to finish and love is Misery. Stephen King is a genius. But what's wierd is that in a lot of his books (at least Misery and Secret Window that I know of), Stephen likes to make the main character almost exactly like him only with a different name and maybe physical attributes, and have him almost this famous star writer who gets threatened by crazy fans of his writing. I've read a quote in this one screenplay writing 'book that says that making a story about a famous writer is bad, and that it is one of the most self-indulgent forms of writing. I'll bet he is pretty self-indulgent, but geniuses like him are in no way perfect.

I started reading The Stand and got just over half-way through before I decided I couldn't take it anymore. Don't you guys think he goes into a little too much detail on all of his characters? I got so bored reading all of their life stories. High fives to all of you who stuck it out though!

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Re:Stephen King« Reply #11 on: July 29, 2005, 09:14:40 am »

That's Stephen King's typical style, all his books are like that. Some parts can indeed be rather boring but most of the time I think it's fascinating the way he brings his characters to life by giving them a past a present and a future.

It is good that he takes that much care to transform his characters into real people, but I just got bored. I wanted more of the story, not just a million biographies. My dad owns every single Stephen King book ever and he loves 'em. To each his own!

All I've read is "Four Past Midnight" and that was, sadly, just because of "Secret Window", which was, sadly, just because it was a movie with my beloved Johnny Depp as the star. (I did enjoy the stories though, particularly "The Langoliers.")

Haha, wow that is exactly why I read (some) of that book. I just really wanted to compare 'Secret Window' to the movie.

I started reading The Stand and got just over half-way through before I decided I couldn't take it anymore. Don't you guys think he goes into a little too much detail on all of his characters? I got so bored reading all of their life stories. High fives to all of you who stuck it out though!

That's one of the things that make Stephen King such a wonderful writer. His characters have depth, they have life, they are not flat, one dimensional like so many of these "McFiction" books out now.

I think he is quite brilliant and has such an understanding of human nature. The Stand is a wonderful look into our complex psyches. Pet Semetary is also astounding, as is Misery.